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Shipbuilding workers in Spain are celebrating after the Turnbull Government announced it would build two supply ships valued at $2billion overseas rather than in Australia. It is estimated that the contract would create 3000 Spanish jobs.

The Federal Government’s plan to reform naval shipbuilding and begin a continuous build program is being placed at risk by the scale of job losses in the industry, with more jobs lost at ASC in Adelaide.

Australia’s shipbuilders and the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union have been warning for more than two years that jobs in the industry would be on the line unless new naval shipbuilding orders were brought forward. But the Federal Government has refused to listen.